Pin-paper magazine



w'. E. WINN PIN PAPER MAGAZINE Mar. 3. 1925.

I Fileo} July 1,923

Patented Mar. 3, 1925 UNITED STATES waster E. WINN, or Los ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

PIN-PAPER LIAGAZINE.

Application filed July 6, 1923. Serial No. 649,973.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IVESLEY E. IVINN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Pin-Paper li Iagazines of which the following is a specificw tion.

My invention relates to and has for its purpose the provision of a device by which a paper of pins can be securely held in such position so as to permit ready removal of the pins from the paper.

Although I have herein shown and will describe only one form of pin holding device embodying my invention, it is to be understood that various changes and modifications may be made herein without departing from the spirit of the invention and the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings,

F ig. 1 is a view showing in perspective one form of pin holding device embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the supporting means comprised in the holding device shown in the preceding view. 7

Referring specifically to the drawings in which similar reference characters refer to similar parts, my invention in its present embodiment is shown as comprising a container or box 15 of any suitable material and preferably of rectangular formation. This container, as shown in Fig. 2, is provided with a front side which extends above the ends and rear side to provide a lip 16. A cover 17 closes the top of the container, and such cover is recessed along one edge, as indicated at 17*, so as to co-operate with the lip in providing a slot 18 through which pins are adapted to extend.

The holding device includes a means for.

supporting a paper of pins which, as clearly shown in Fig. 3, comprises divergent arms 19 and 20 arranged in pairs, with the arms of each pair connected by a coil spring 21 that serves to normally urge the arms outwardly to the position shown. These arms are formed from a single length of resilient wire bent to provide an intermediate portion 22 which connects the upper end of one arm of one pair with the upper arm of the corresponding arm of the other pair. This intermediate portion carries plate 23 formed of metal or other suitable material which is coextensive in length with the intermediate portion and which is provided at its opposite ends with containing flanges 2e bent to embrace the arms 19 and to thereby securely hold the plate upon the intermediate portion 22.

In the applied position of the supporting means within the container 15, the arms 19 and 20 are contracted against the action of the springs 21 thereby securely retaining the means as a unit withinthe container. In this position of the arms, as shown in Fig. 2, the intermediate portion 22 is disposed below the slot 18 and in such manner that the plate 23 extends upwardly into the slot.

In practice, thepaper of pins indicated at '25 is folded over the plate 23 so that the heads of the pins project above the upper edge of the plate. The supporting means as a unit may now be placed within the container, and under the action of the expanding arms 19 and 20 a portion of the paper of pins is clamped between the plate 23 and the lip 16, with the heads of the pins projecting above'the lip so they may be readily gripped to efiect removal of the pins from the container.

It'will be understood that after the pins of any one row have been removed, a new row of pins may be presented by a readjustment of the paper upon the supporting means. This obviously permits of the dispensing of all of the pins from all of the 7 rows of the paper.

What I claim is: 1. A pin holding device comprising a container, a slot formed in the top of the containeradjacent a side wall, a plate disposed within said container, and spring means for urging said plate agalnst said side wall so as to resiliently clamp a paper of pins between said plate and said side wall, the

heads of the pins projecting through said slot.

tainer, a slot formed'in the top of the container adjacent a side wall, a plate disposed within said container, and spring means for urging said plate against said side wall so as to resiliently clamp a paper of pins be tween said plate and said side wall, the heads of the pins projecting through said slot, said top being provided with a cup-like depression. 1

3. Apin holding device comprising a con- 2. A pin holding device comprising a con- Miner, a removable cover for said container, a recess formed in said cover adapted to cooperate with one of the side Walls to form a slot a Sli'JPOl'tiDl' l disposed ifli'llill said comainer comprising a single lengdi. of resilient material hens e0 provide s U-shsped frame, a plate secured to the interinoi ste portion of the mine adagted to cooperate with the mentioned side Wall to resiliently :1 paper of pins in position so that a portion 01 said paper of pins projects through said slot, and arms urged ouhvardly from said frame adzzpfed to engage the opposite side Wall. 7 i

in testimony whereof I have signed my name to this sgecilicstion.

WESLEY E. "WINN. 

